Jedi apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and his Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) discover nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), a young slave unusually strong in the Force. While Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon protect Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) from an impending invasion of Naboo, they must contend with a deadly foe named Darth Maul (Ray Park), trained in the Jedi arts.